14 DAY TRIAL // David Martin, the European Parliament’s (EP) rapporteur on the controversial treaty, revealed that he would recommend the Parliament to reject the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA).
According to FFII’s ACTA Blog, at the end of a Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists & Democrats meeting, Martin said that it was his duty to balance fears and hopes, but since the fears are greater than the hopes, he would recommend the rejection of the pact.
The decision comes after the EP took a vote on ACTA at the end of March, deciding that the agreement would not be referred to the European Court of Justice.
It means that, most likely, the final vote on ACTA will take place at the beginning of summer, as initially planned.
Until then, members of the committees that decide the treaty’s fate can propose amendments.
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